--- title: The crowd pelts Toad «with jeers, carrots, and popular catch-words».… — Gaols, magistrates and old punishments… · tree and pragmatics description: The crowd pelts Toad «with jeers, carrots, and popular catch-words». Which old punishment is that like? 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Which old punishment is that like? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** crowd · **What happens:** pelt · **To what, where:** Toad This is test 2 · ★★ of lesson 84 «Gaols, magistrates and old punishments: from the stocks to the Children Act of 1908» of the history course of Mova's primary school. The page gives the question's syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause, then the 4 options as the student saw them, each with its tree and pragmatics. Every text is parsed by Mova itself. How the student answered it, with the score of every option and why: [the test at school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/history/84-gaols-magistrates-and-old-punishments-from-the-stocks-to-the-children-act-of-1908/#t2). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* The crowd pelts Toad «with jeers, carrots, and popular catch-words». ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:84-gaols-magistrates-and-old-punishments-from-the-stocks-to-the-children-act-of-1908:t2:1 # text = The crowd pelts Toad «with jeers, carrots, and popular catch-words». 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 crowd crowd NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 pelts pelt VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 Toad Toad PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 5 « « PUNCT `` _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 with with ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 jeers jeer NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 9 carrots carrot NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 12 popular popular ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 amod _ _ 13 catch catch NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 14 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 13 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 15 words word NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 » » PUNCT '' _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 17 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **pelt** | present | the crowd | | Toad | | | with jeers and carrots and popular catch words | vn pelt-17.2 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent toad=Destination with jeer=Theme | One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree. *Sentence 2:* Which old punishment is that like? ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:84-gaols-magistrates-and-old-punishments-from-the-stocks-to-the-children-act-of-1908:t2:2 # text = Which old punishment is that like? 1 Which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 3 nsubj _ _ 2 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 punishment punishment NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 4 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 5 that that SCONJ IN _ 6 mark _ _ 6 like like INTJ UH _ 3 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 7 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1} The stocks, where people jeered and threw rotten food ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:84-gaols-magistrates-and-old-punishments-from-the-stocks-to-the-children-act-of-1908:t2:o1:1 # text = The stocks, where people jeered and threw rotten food 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 stocks stock NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 4 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 6 advmod _ _ 5 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nsubj _ _ 6 jeered jeer VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 8 threw throw VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 9 rotten rotten ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 10 food food NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **jeer** | past | the stocks | | | | | | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **throw** | past | the stocks *not said here* | rotten food | | | | | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent food=Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} The treadwheel ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:84-gaols-magistrates-and-old-punishments-from-the-stocks-to-the-children-act-of-1908:t2:o2:1 # text = The treadwheel 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 treadwheel treadwheel NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} Transportation, where prisoners were sent to Australia on ships ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:84-gaols-magistrates-and-old-punishments-from-the-stocks-to-the-children-act-of-1908:t2:o3:1 # text = Transportation, where prisoners were sent to Australia on ships 1 Transportation transportation NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj:pass _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 3 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 6 advmod _ _ 4 prisoners prisoner NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nsubj:pass _ _ 5 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux:pass _ _ 6 sent send VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 7 to to ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 Australia Australia PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 9 on on ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 ships ship NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **send** | past · passive | | Transportation | Australia | ships | | | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme to australia=Destination | ### Option 4 {#o4} A fine ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:84-gaols-magistrates-and-old-punishments-from-the-stocks-to-the-children-act-of-1908:t2:o4:1 # text = A fine 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 fine fine ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **Text:** the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (`world/data/school/`), as the course runner gave them to the student. **Trees:** Mova's own parse — the `en` model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), each text read on its own. 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